My friend Cleveland and I hit the turnpike on Saturday to support our DC friends lined up to perform in the Philadelphia Improv Festival. It’s only a 2.5 hour drive from DC so we arrived with plenty of time to take in the city before the show began in the evening. We had schemed to take pics reenacting our favorite scenes from Trading Places, which by the way is the best movie ever filmed in Philadelphia. Sorry, Philadelphia, you should have been funnier. However, our touristy priorities changed when we were greeted with 80 degree heat, 100% humidity and realized we were packed for the Iditarod. Items on our to do list became pretty basic: stay cool, get the frizz out, see our friends make the jokey jokes and eat some cheesesteaks.
Trip highlights include:
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on the dancefloor with Beardy
and Cleveland after the shows and realizing we all have sick moves -
going carnivore for the day at Pat’s Cheesesteak
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finding a yummy cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee (DC disappoints)
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watching some great and some not so great improv from Chicago, NYC, Philly and DC teams
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realizing I could have fun in a paper bag with Cleveland
